# naturalist

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #23,920

## Definitions
1. A natural philosopher; a scientist.
2. A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.
3. An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals.
4. A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.

## Etymology
From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.

## Easily confused with
- **naturalistic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naturalist-vs-naturalistic)
- **naturalism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naturalism-vs-naturalist)

## Common misspellings (15)
`anturalist`, `natrualist`, `natturalist`, `natuarlist`, `naturailst`, `naturalisst`, `naturalistt`, `naturalits`, `naturallist`, `naturalsit`, `naturlaist`, `naturralist`, `nautralist`, `nnaturalist`, `ntauralist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/naturalist